Group calls for end of “The Good Night Show” on PBS

A group wants to put PBS Sprouts’ “The Good Night Show” to sleep for good.

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood called on PBS to pull the show, which runs on the Sprouts channel, saying the show suggests it will help kids go to sleep, while probably making it harder.

“Parents trust that programming on PBS and its affiliated networks will be beneficial to children,” the campaign’s director, Dr. Susan Linn, said in a statement. “Sprout is exploiting that trust by implying that its programming will ease children into sleep when research suggests that screen time before bed undermines healthy sleep habits.”

But PBS Kids Sprout chief Sandy Wax says she lives in the “real world” where families watch television, and is trying to do her best to put on programs that help parents. – The Associated Press, via KOMO News.